New year, new you. As the holiday season approaches, we often break away from our usual schedule to spend time with family and loved ones. Between holiday travel, the weather, and Thanksgiving and Christmas meals along with New Years celebrations, fitness can take a bit of a hit.

If you are looking to keep fit during 2025, you will want to commit to a fitness routine. What better way to keep accountable than to work with a fitness trainer?

Why You Should Work with a Fitness Trainer

Most people make New Years resolutions with the best of intentions and many of us say that this year, we are going to improve our fitness and work towards personal goals like getting stronger. Unfortunately, according to the University of Scranton, only 8% of people are successful in keeping their New Years resolutions.

Working with a fitness trainer will help you maintain a schedule and will motivate you to stick to your goals in the new year. There is more investment and accountability when you choose to hire a physical trainer. These professionals are experts in the field of fitness.

Strength Training with a Fitness Trainer

Your fitness training might be a little all over the place. Maybe you have tried to incorporate strength training into your workout routine but have little knowledge about what you need to do to achieve the results you want. Professional fitness trainers are experts in exercise.

They can perform a fitness assessment and create a personalized workout for you designed around your fitness goals. Another benefit of collaborating with a trainer is that they know the pitfalls of athletic injury and can help you avoid them by creating a plan that suits your current fitness level and teaching you proper form as well as injury prevention. If you do have health concerns or injuries, they can work with you in adapting exercises to suit your needs.

A Fitness Trainer Will Keep Your Goals Realistic While Challenging You

Most trainers will give it to you straight. If your goal is to get as yoked as Christian Bale in Batman, they may have to bring you back down to reality. While you might not achieve those results within the first couple of months if you stay committed to your goals, you will see the results.

With a vast knowledge in exercise science and what works (along with what does not), these professionals can provide guidance when it comes to nutrition and proper technique and form as well as which exercises will be most beneficial. They can keep things interesting by keeping your workouts varied and challenging. Bonus: a trainer can also help build your confidence.

Are you local to the greater Lancaster Pennsylvania and interested in working with a fitness trainer to achieve your 2025 goals? Universal Athletic Club (UAC) is a full-service fitness center in Lancaster that offers access to top-of-the-line fitness equipment, fitness classes, and personal training. 

Our experienced fitness trainers are ready to help you get to where you want to be. If you are looking to get serious about strength training in the new year, visit our website to see what we can offer you and drop by the gym to take a tour of our facilities or sign up today for a free training trial!